Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-02-07

Hn'osfS, "uich were Formerly cars, that iay
upon the icy mass below the bridge. The
sight then presented was a terrible one. By
the time they reached the imprisoned mas.
sengers the wreckage was ali at-e. They
hurried to the first coach and there discoy-
cred conductor Sturtevsnt pinned DO IN un-
der weight of timbers They sprauy TO
| his Rescue Instantly and bravelv sought To
tree him. They broke one car window 10
get at him, but in vain. They tried another
with the same success. Then they hammered
away at the frame of a third. aai this
time they got to him Each got hold of an
arm and pulled and hsulej tor all they were
worth but they could not stir him. The
flames began to get dangerously near, and
so tfey stopped pulling upon Stu,evaut and
| began shovelling snow upon the fira in the
hope that possibly they might extinguish the
| hames, or at least, stay their progress until
they could exlricate him. But the fierce
flames were too much for Them aud they soon
realized that il they were to save s irrelevant,
| they must stop shoveling and pull him out
Sturtevant was beginning to lapse into Gn
consciousness beneath the pain OF his terrible
injuries. They pulled together upon him
and at last got him oat, but not before his
legs aud body were iearflliy burned, the
clothes dropping off of him. His ribs and
thigh bones were broken. He was l4ld oul
upon the ice, and the rtscurers has sned 10
extricate other unforiunates.
They next came to Maria Sadler of 0-ms
town, 2. q She was pinned down by The
legs by heavy broken timbers and was una
Bile to move. She had given up all hip Of
lite when the rescu,r, came to her. She
stopped them with her frantic and dt>piiring
cries for help. The men got hold of her and
pulled with all their strength. At last thev
got her free. but they broke her ankle in do.
ing so. Nevertheless, she thinks she is for
tunate 20 escape so luckily.
Before leaving the cab. the engineer met
Brakeman George Parker, who had saved
his lite by Jumping of thu car just before it
went over the bridge. Parker was almost
insane with excitement. The engineer told
him to run to the farm houses in the vicinity
as fast as he could and give the alarm. T i,
he did, and then came 10 this place and an
nounced the disaster. A party was at once
made up to 60 10 the scene from here. lie
reached this place about o'clock in the
morning. Long before he reached here,
however, the burning ears had set tire to tn
wooden bridge above. aad ia a few Iuomeut.
It was in flames. Engineer Pierce and his
fir men saw this new danger to the passen-
gers, who were pinned in the ruins below the
bridge. They sought to stop the progress of
the flames upon the bridge by sh0velling
snow upon the places where it was burning,
realizing that if it was allowed to burn the
charred tmhers would tall upon the sufferers
below. They stopped their work OF rescue t.
do this
One of the ssjdest incidents relltive to
the disaster was the prrlshlng of Edward f.
Dillon, son of VIM Dillon, wooden manu-
tacIurer OF Springfield, Vt. a student of
Dartmouth, who was riding with his friend
and comp ,nion. Mr. VraZie. son of Judge
VeazIe of Rutland, VT. Mr.. Veazi- got out
of the car window, hut Dillon was so pinned
in that he could not be moved, and. perfectly
conscious, talked with his friend about his
approaching death, and sending a message
by him to his parents young Veazie being
obliged to stand there aud see him gradually
succumb to the grim destroyer.
! c. M. Hosmer OF Lowell, Mass book
keeper for Otis Allen & Son, tells the follow
ing ,tory: "I occupied n berth on the riiht
hand side of the sleeping car and was awak
ened by the rumbing sounds caused by the
cars running over sleepers. Suddenly tn
cars began TO sway back and forth, causing
feeling similar to that of seasickness. Then
| felt that we were falling, and almost in
stsntv the car struck | crawled to m,
feet and broke through the window, with
nothing on but nv unde r.hirts AMI drawers
| TIE latter were caught in the broken winin"
and torn from me. In this condition M.
Hutchinson and myself assisted three gentle
men and a lady from the car. We had to
PISS knife through the window to the ladv
who cut off her nighrgown to get clear so that
she could be taken from the car. She was
then taken out nearly nude, and wrapped in
a blanket and carrie to a place Of safety
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT Feb 6
In room - at the junction House is An
drew Wheeler. about 80 years old, with
bad cut over the eye, bruised all over ani
somewhat burned but not fatally hurt He
saws he is employed at the Derby House at
Fitchburg and WAS enroute to Montreal on
the excursion. He was in the car and thinks
there were about 25 others there. He re
members nothing after the crash till the fire
came near and help from the outside re-
lieved his foot, which had been pinloned
under the wreck, just in season to prevent
serious burning. He has no knowledge as to
the circumstances of the wreck, and did not
suffer seriously from cold.
James jacques of Fitchburg is in room &c
at the same house, suffering from broken
leg, a broken nose and serious bruises on the
body. One foot WAS somewhat frozen
The town authorities of Hartford are coop
Grating with the Central Vermont railroad
Of1claIs, renewed the seArCU TOT DOUles AT an
early hour this morning. This resulted in
the recovery of the remains of Ave persons il.
addition to those reported yesterday. They
are those OF the coiored porter Of the Pull
man car ST. Albans from Springfield. Mass.
woman supposed TO be Mrs. BOwdoin of
Hanover, n. H., Mrs. ID. ID. Woodward, a
man of large size wearing Prince Albert
black coat, black trousers and under-clothes
of red flannel; in a pocket of his drawers was
found roll of bills amounting TO 1927. A
ticket found on him was from Boston to
ffth body was apparently that of a woman
but the remains were 80 badly charred that
it was diff cuIt to determine their character.
The above were all taken from the water be-
meath the ruins of the car The body of
EIward Dillon of Springfield, VT, was fully
identified by his brother and two college
chums His gold watch was found this fore
noon in the water under the Pullman car
Pilgrim.
The following physicians are in attendance
upon the wounded, all in the employ of the
Central Vermont road: Drs. Bingham an d
CHM of Burlington, DR.. Emerson of West
Hartford. Drs Rand, Bray, DAILY and Wat
son of White River Junction, DR.. Currier of
Bartford DR.. C. A. Frost. dean of the fac
ultv Of the medical college and DR.. w. t.
Smith of Hanover.
Undertaken Gates list of identified bodies
up to tonight is as follows: F. L. Wesson,
Springfield, Mass; Edward F. Dillon,
Springfield, Vt; c. Mills, Iroquis, Quebec !;
| M;ss Nancy Dunbar SomeryiiIe Mas @.